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Information Officers directed to educate the people
Ho, Sept. 8, Ghanadot/GNA – Mr Stephen Asamoah Boateng,
Minister of Information and National Orientation on Tuesday
directed Information Officers to educate the populace on
political issues in the country without being political
themselves.
He said Information Officers could not afford to stand aloof
from issues relating to the impending general elections in
December.
Mr Asamoah Boateng was addressing Information Officers and
District Chief Executives in the Volta Region at Ho.
He asked the Information Officers to work closely with their
Municipal and District Chief Executives in prosecuting the
agenda of the government as their core function.
Mr Asamoah Boateng however advised the Information Officers
to draw a fair balance between the partisan political
activities and official duties of DCEs aspiring to be
Members of Parliament and bring their maturity to bear on
whatever they do.
He urged the Information Officers to be confident in
advising such DCEs to excuse them from performing duties
that were political in nature.
Mr Asamoah Boateng called for “a binding commitment” between
District Information Officers and the Municipal and District
Chief Executives in getting consistent information about
government programmes, policies and projects across to the
public.
He advised the officers to educate themselves continuously
in relation to their work and share vital information,
lessons and experiences with each other.
Mr Kofi Dzamesi, Volta Regional Minister said the
Information Services Department today has undergone
tremendous transformation from what it was when the
government took over.
He said from as few as 25 cinema vans in the whole country,
each district except for the newly created ones have well
equipped vans for public education.
That, he said, attested to the importance government
attaches to that department in maintaining a two-way
information communication between government and the
citizenry.
Mr Dzamesi therefore urged DCEs to put every resource at the
disposal of district information officers to be able to
execute their official duties.
GNA
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